Claremont Hills Wilderness Park to be closed Wednesday and Thursday

CLAREMONT - The Claremont Hills Wilderness Park will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday to complete construction for the park's northern parking lot, which will open Friday.

City officials announced the closures in a news release on its website at www.ci.claremont.ca.us. Additionally, Mills Road north of Mt. Baldy will be closed to traffic and the southern lot will be closed, officials said.

Officials said new no parking areas along Mills Avenue and Mt. Baldy Road north of Mt. Baldy will be in effect and enforcement starts Wednesday.

Parking lot permit enforcement starts April 1 and city staff members were at the park entrances last weekend and will be back March 23 and 24 to answer questions and issue parking permits.

City officials also said citations given to people on March 9 who parked in the newly designated no parking areas was a mistake and those cited will have their parking citations dismissed.

For more information, contact the city's Community and Human Services Department at 909-399-5490.

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